The Earnhardts: a biography
From mid-century dirt tracks to today's super speedways, The Earnhardts: A Biography tells the remarkable story of a racing family-Dale, his father Ralph, and son Dale Jr.-whose careers span the full history of NASCAR and whose accomplishments define this unique American motorsport.''Drawing on extensive research, including interviews with friends, family, and sports writers covering the NASCAR scene, Gerry Souter follows the Earnhardts' story from Ralph's short track racing in cars he built hi…
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- Full title :The Earnhardts : a biography / Gerry Souter.
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From mid-century dirt tracks to today's super speedways, The Earnhardts: A Biography tells the remarkable story of a racing family-Dale, his father Ralph, and son Dale Jr.-whose careers span the full history of NASCAR and whose accomplishments define this unique American motorsport.''Drawing on extensive research, including interviews with friends, family, and sports writers covering the NASCAR scene, Gerry Souter follows the Earnhardts' story from Ralph's short track racing in cars he built himself to Dale's record-setting career and shocking death to Dale Jr.'s emergence as one of the sport's most popular figures today. Through the lives of the Earnhardts, and their unmatched legacy of hard work and victory, readers see American stock car racing evolve from its rural Southern roots into a nationwide phenomenon.''
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- Publication Date:©2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO
- Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xx, 138 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780313358418, 0313358419
- oclc:ocn533395366
- LC Classification:GV1032.A1
- Dewey Decimal:796.72092/2
Table of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Timeline: Events in the Lives of the Earnhardts; Chapter 1 The Beginning; Chapter 2 NASCAR Starts Cutting Its Teeth; Chapter 3 The Legacy Begins; Chapter 4 NASCAR-Through the 1950s; Chapter 5 The Learning Curve; Chapter 6 Winding Down and Winding Up; Chapter 7 Tough Times-Kicking in the Door; Chapter 8 Tie Your Pennant to a Petty; Photo Section; Chapter 9 Growth Pains-Pushing the Limit; Chapter 10 Ironhead; Chapter 11 A Volatile Time for NASCAR; Chapter 12 Growing Up At Last.
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